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pansaft (noun) : The sudden quiescence of a crowd; unexplained, sudden cessation of conversation or absence of noise in a group of people.

The lively din of bistro chatter suddenly fell into a strange pansaft that lasted nearly twenty seconds, as if the restaurant came equipped with a "mute" button.

Submitted by: Michael Fortunato from Pennsylvania on Nov. 03, 2005 09:48

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